Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting qemu-system-aarch64 package, versions <15:4.2.1-15.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUSYSTEMAARCH64-2604742
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Feb 2021

Introduced: 25 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-20203  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-system-aarch64 to version 15:4.2.1-15.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-9123.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-system-aarch64 package and not the qemu-system-aarch64 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow issue was found in the vmxnet3 NIC emulator of the QEMU for versions up to v5.2.0. It may occur if a guest was to supply invalid values for rx/tx queue size or other NIC parameters. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.

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